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Editor's Note

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Cover

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Issue Twenty One Full Text

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A Story Of Synesthetic Discovery, Madeline Spicer

Faculty-Selected Student Works

The photography, design, and content of this book was done by Madeline Spicer under the tutelage of Professor Misty Thomas-Trout at the University of Dayton Department of Art & Design as a part of the Berry Summer Thesis Institute of the University Honors Department.

Typeset in Goudy Oldstyle and MetaPlus families. Goudy Oldstyle was designed by Frederic Goudy in 1915 and is classified as an Oldface. MetaPlus was designed by Erik Spiekermann in 1991 and is classified as a Humanistic Lineal.

This book was printed on Neenah Environment® Papers, PC 100 White, and Apollo Laser OHP Transparency Film.

Aspirations Incubator: 2017–2023 Interim Evaluation Report, Sarah Goan, Elora Way, Alexa Plotkin

Publications

The Emanuel & Pauline A. Lerner Foundation’s Aspirations Incubator (AI) is a six-year pilot initiative invested in strategic capacity building for six youth development organizations in rural Maine. Grounded in the Trekkers Youth Programming Principles, the Aspirations Incubator invests targeted resources to provide long-term, comprehensive relationship-based programming to youth. This structured yet flexible program model aims to increase resiliency and introduce new opportunities to cohorts of young people starting in 7th grade and continuing through high school graduation. To document the potential impact and effectiveness of this unique model, the Lerner Foundation contracted with the Data Innovation Project to conduct …

Sugimoto’S Middle Brow And The Collective Horizon, Aaron Francis Ward

Japanese Society and Culture

Is art for everyone? Although attendance at art galleries has risen rapidly at the start of the 21st century, so too has the price of art, and the perception that art is an object of conspicuous consumption. The current paper presents a discussion of the possibilities that the photography of Hiroshi Sugimoto offers an artistic oeuvre that countenances the current state of the art market and is open to the aesthetic appreciation of a broader audience. As middlebrow mode of cultural production (Bourdieu 1996), photography is an artistic form that most people are familiar with, rendering it a medium that …

Solutions Human Centered Approach To Conservation, Illustration Department, History, Philosophy, + The Social Sciences Department

Illustration Course Work & Materials

"These essays were were written and illustrated by students at the Rhode Island school of Design in February, 2021. Their perspectives are entirely personal and reflect their efforts within a 5.5-week fused studio/seminar course that was centered on the Sixth Mass Extinction and how biodiversity is changing because of humans. Discovering that science communication is more than delivering just the facts, students were invited to research a topic of personal interest that is relevant to human impacts on biodiversity. Through analysis of data and other scientific information, each sought to synthesize their research and opinions on their topic through a …

These Are My People: An Ethnography Of Quiltcon, Kristin Barrus

Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This thesis presents the first ethnography of QuiltCon, the annual fan and artist convention for quiltmakers who identify with and participate in a social phenomenon called the Modern Quilt Movement (MQM) within the 21st century quilt world. QuiltCon (QC) is one product of this movement. This study considers the following questions: What kinds of people attend QC, and what types of experiences and encounters do they expect at the convention? What needs are met at QC for this subset of quiltmakers who attend and for the greater community of Modern quiltmakers? What role does QC play in cementing the identity …

3d Printing Of Human Microbiome Constituents To Understand Spatial Relationships And Shape Parameters In Bacteriology, Jacques Izard, Teklu Kuru Gerbaba, Shara R. P. Yumul

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

Effective laboratory and classroom demonstration of microbiome size and shape, diversity, and ecological relationships is hampered by a lack of high-resolution, easy-to-use, readily accessible physical or digital models for use in teaching. Three-dimensional (3D) representations are, overall, more effective in communicating visuospatial information, allowing for a better understanding of concepts not directly observable with the unaided eye. Published morphology descriptions and microscopy images were used as the basis for designing 3D digital models, scaled at 20,000×, using computer-aided design software (CAD) and generating printed models of bacteria on mass-market 3D printers. Sixteen models are presented, including rod-shaped, spiral, flask-like, vibroid, …

Things Change, Julia Leggent

School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work

The paintings in Things Change are pieces of my life; they follow my routines, thoughts, and worries, but these topics are experienced by many. The images of flesh, knobs, and pills are painted at life scale and are meant to be widely relatable. With each of my works, I hope to bring awareness to social, political, and feminine themes while drawing the viewer in and inciting interest in the ever-changing visual aspects of everyday life.

Examining routine, ritual, and time is always fascinating to me; I work to show this through my paintings. Practices change throughout the years. Strangely, you …

Slowly But Surely, Katie Bosley

School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work

I craft porcelain vessels that combine dynamic forms and dimensional surfaces to create a captivating presence. Formal components such as line, space, and color are carefully considered to create objects that are striking at first glance and reward further inspection. Constructed with an emphasis on structure, these works challenge conventional interpretations of the vessel and promote a sense of awe.

My vessels are relational objects that both affect and are affected by their surroundings. Employing positive and negative space, and light and shadow, they collaborate with the space they inhabit. They are objects designed to promote and reward active viewing. …

Bakeneko: A Look Into The Origins Of Japan's Supernatural Cats, Cedar Taulbee

University Honors Theses

Cats are strange and mysterious creatures. Cultures all around the world have created myths and legends surrounding house cats, stories laden with superstition and usually a touch of fear. In most of the West we have black cats and their association with witches and black magic. In Ancient Egypt, as most of us know, cats were worshipped as sacred animals. And in Japan there are bakeneko.

I use bakeneko as a general term, but what I am really referring to is kaibyo, which is a Japanese word used to describe supernatural or "strange" cats. And Japan has a …

7th Annual Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2021 Poster, Special Collections, Fleet Library

7th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2021

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7th Annual Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2021 Virtual Reception, Special Collections, Fleet Library

7th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2021

Slides presented in the recording of the 7th Baker & Whitehill Annual Student Artists' Book Contest Virtual Reception, held via zoom Wednesday, February 24th, 2021 at 6:30pm. Hosted by RISD Dean of Libraries Margot Nishimura, Special Collections Librarian Claudia Covert, guest juror Nafis White, MFA '18 PR + DM, President of the New England Chapter of the American Printing History Association (APHA) Alice Beckwith, Special Collections Associate Ariel Bordeaux, and RISD Libraries Administrative Coordinator Amy Doyle. Honorable mentions and award winning entries announced.

Grand Purchase Prize If We Could Make It Out Alive by Jonathan Dewanto, BFA, …

7th Annual Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2021 Virtual Reception Presentation, Special Collections, Fleet Library

7th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2021

Slides presented in the recording of the 7th Baker & Whitehill Annual Student Artists' Book Contest Virtual Reception, held via zoom Wednesday, February 24th, 2021 at 6:30pm. Hosted by RISD Dean of Libraries Margot Nishimura, Special Collections Librarian Claudia Covert, guest juror Nafis White, MFA '18 PR + DM, President of the New England Chapter of the American Printing History Association (APHA) Alice Beckwith, Special Collections Associate Ariel Bordeaux, and RISD Libraries Administrative Coordinator Amy Doyle. Honorable mentions and award winning entries announced.

Grand Purchase Prize If We Could Make It Out Alive by Jonathan Dewanto, BFA, …

Oral History Transcript | Interview With Timothy Mcfate, February 21, 2021, Timothy Mcfate, Andrew Martinez, Risd Archives, Andrew Martinez

RISD Oral History Project Transcripts

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Oral History Transcript | Interview With Liisa Silander, February 21, 2021, Liisa Silander, Jennefer Liese, Risd Archives

RISD Oral History Project Transcripts

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Back Cover

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Worldwide Happenings

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Margaret Morton - Fragile Dwelling

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Inspiring portraits of human resilience and ingenuity

Hkdi Alumni - The Spirit Of Esprit

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Hong Kong- and Germany-based fashion brand Esprit was actually founded in 1968 in San Francisco with the aim of bringing a “sunny Californian attitude” to its wares, now sold in 40 countries via 761 directly managed retail stores and some 6,332 wholesale points of sale.

Its Esprit Cares Trust, set up in 1993, provides financial support and charitable donations to various communities and includes an annual exchange scholarship for HKDI design students to participate in full-semester or short study trips to renowned design schools in Europe.

Three such award-winners were sent to Germany recently and here we report on how …

Feature Article

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Design Thinking is about finding out what works in the real world

Master Thinkers - Food X Design - Professor Michael Krohn

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Professor Michael Krohn has a background in mechanical engineering and industrial design. As well as his positions at the Zurich University of the Arts, he runs his own design agency. In the early ’90s he established the use of computer and media for the design education at Zurich, followed by several cross-disciplinary research projects with the food industry. After that, he led the industrial design programme for 12 years. He then developed the interdisciplinary Master of Arts in Design programme. He is also responsible for internationalising the Design Department. He was a member of the Cumulus executive board from 2004-2010. …

Master Thinkers - Enterprise X Design - Elaine Ann

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Elaine Ann is the Founder and Director of Kaizor Innovation, a strategic innovation consultancy that helps companies strategise, research and define innovative products and services for the China market. Born and raised in Hong Kong and having lived in the US for 12 years, her bilingual, bi-cultural and international background helps companies understand and strategise initiatives for the China market.

She is a veteran of the early dot-com era in the mid ’90s, having worked for companies including Razorfish, Philips Design and Henry Dreyfuss. Ms. Ann also trains executives and students alike, being the UX Instructor at Google’s Empowering Young …

Master Thinkers - Health X Design - Professor Ian Gwilt

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Ian Gwilt is Professor of Design at the University of South Australia and leads the Design Research in Health and Wellbeing initiative at the School of Art, Architecture and Design. He is interested in design for communication and knowledge mobilisation, as well as being an advocate of user-centred, participatory co-design methodologies.

For seven years, Prof. Gwilt was a key member of the Lab4Living Design Research in Healthcare Group at Sheffield Hallam University, and a founding member of the Design4Health international conference stream. He has worked on a number of research projects with healthcare providers both in the UK and Australia. …

Feature Article

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Why Enterprise Architecture Needs Design Thinking

Artist Interview - Tsaruk & Ahmadova

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Belarusian designers Igor Tsaruk and Marina Ahmadova are not married, not a couple in love, not relatives, but they have been working together for more than five years. They have similar views on beauty and design in the broad sense and complement each other as professionals, which they think gives them an advantage over other designers.

They commented: “We are both architects and we were classmates at university. During the last year of our study we created our own project, ‘Fajno Design’, which specialised in industrial and interior-design work. In the summer of 2017, ‘Fajno’ started producing items we had …

Artist Interview - Studio Harm Rensink

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Harm Rensink is a Dutch designer who believes in making more human design by the use of empathy, context and aesthetics. After graduating in 2008 from the Design Academy Eindhoven, he founded Studio Harm Rensink, working on different projects for The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, The Dutch Council for Culture, Messe Frankfurt, Philips Design and the Swedish National Museum among others.

With his studio, Rensink designs spatial experiences: rooms and installations for exhibitions and interiors, and projects around relaxation and wellness. Core elements the studio focuses on are to create tactile surroundings and to awaken all the senses: sight, touch, …

Artist Interview - Sandrine Dulermo & Michael Labica

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Sandrine Dulermo and Michael Labica sparked off their creative collaboration at a photo lab in 2001 — and they haven’t looked back since. Dulermo, aged only 13 and with photography “running through her veins”, used to skip school to shoot her little brothers with her Zenit camera. At 18, her first perfume campaign was followed by her first solo exhibition. Labica, a former student at Louis-Lumière in Paris, was first enticed by cinema, later becoming entrenched as a creative in numerous advertising agencies.

The duo favours the “phantasm”, which a camera can summon under full light or shadows. For more …